Dr Danielle Kerley: NHS Clinical Psychologist

Health and medicine/ Mental Health and
Wellbeing


Danielle works as a NHS Clinical Psychologist for CAMHS (The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service).  Please find out more about her career on this page.


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Danielle kindly answered the following questions in her video below:

  1. What interested you to work in this field?
  2. How difficult is it to get into a Psychology related job?
  3. What qualifications do you need?
  4. What are the pros and cons of your job?
  5. What are the main reasons why young people develop mental health problems?
  6. What are the challenges of working with children with mental health issues?
  7. How do you look after your own mental health and wellbeing when faced with difficult cases/situations?
  8. Do children/adolescent’s mental health improve over time?
  9. Is this a worthwhile role? Do you feel proud doing this job?
  10. Do you work on your own or within a team?
  11. What are some of the main issues you deal with when working with young people?
  12. What advice would you give to us about helping ourselves in terms of our mental health?